Glows! The Sonic Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Scorpion Special Glow Edition Action Figure was a rather large glowing freebie we got with lunch one day in May, and of course, I had no idea it existed until we saw it in the bag of food. You should get one if you can. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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In stores: Destroy All Humans! and Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny.

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It's like you remember, but better and maybe cheaper! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Kingdom Voyager Inferno Action Figure doesn't surprise, but it does give you an Inferno that looks like an Inferno for about $30. The last G1 reissue at Toys R Us over a decade ago also cost $30 - and this is bigger, with more articulation, but less chrome. I really like it. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Deco and sculpt look good, with decent accessories and retro-style articulation. They're also around $25 per figure, with the minimum buy-in being $50. You get extras like swappable hands too.

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It's never been an event for product announcements, but since it is happening in-person (and overlaps with New York Comic Con) this is one of those events industry watchers are likely to keep an eye on as it's potentially one of the first toy industry trade shows to take place since March of 2020.

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It's definitely the best show at the end of the 20th century, plus the set includes Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, George, and Newman. Is it worth $80? Probably. It has 1,326 pieces and joins Funko in this long-awaited licensing program.

Next up? Maybe Community.

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Complete with sticker sheet, you'll want to get this in addition to the other purple Galvatron figure.

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Avast! The Fisher-Price Imaginext 20th Anniversary Figures Shackles McMatey is a clear pirate, which means you should probably buy one. It's about three bucks if you can find it at a grocery store near you, I have yet to see these in traditional big box stores. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Also don't miss Selects Galvatron in toy colors, with sticker sheet. And Animal Crossing Monopoly.

And the new He-Man figures.

There's a lot of good stuff this week.

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While pretty neat designs with good colors, the sets are now already quite expensive. Here's hoping they get sold elsewhere in the world, as single figures usually start at around US $40 shipped with the complete collection of sets (and furniture) coming in closer to $300 and change. I admit, I am surprised the line has an astronaut, but no mermaid. Stuff is easy to miss.

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In stores: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

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Several painted versions are, undoubtedly, coming soon.

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Newish, glows, chrome! The Mattel Hot Wheels Glow Racers Lindster Prototype is worth the dollar. I really like how the deco sings under UV light, and the chrome reflects the glow plastic quite nicely. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The Deluxe toys are $10 more than their previous releases. This Jetfire is only $12 more than the Siege version, given how much everything else has shot up I was anticipating this release to be around $95ish with the comic without considering any exclusive mark-up. While the other toys in this line have largely been similar to the BotCon exclusive toys (or comics), Jetfire's a new toy - so you probably have less of an "I always wanted that" attachment and potentially a "OK that's neat" vibe.

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The 1990s figures are still good and largely cheap - and this new line says it will kick off with "action figures, vehicles and ships, role play and other toy categories for all Star Trek properties. Playmates will launch its new Star Trek toy line in 2022, following Star TrekÕs entry into kidsÕ content with the premiere of Star Trek: Prodigy, the first Star Trek series aimed at younger audiences."

Currently Star Trek is largely on deep digital broadcast channels or streaming services, with CBS' new Star Trek shows on Paramount+. The new shows are adult-oriented with more violence and language, so it's less likely that kids will be seeing most of them compared to Data and Geordi doing whatever it is they were up to each week. Just because a company has a license doesn't mean a whole big range is coming out - the 2009 Playmates line did have plans beyond the then-new J.J. Abrams movie, and those never came to pass. There were also additional products from the Hasbro and McFarlane Toys lines that didn't make it out. I hope this ends up being big and fun - Playmates tends to make amazing toys with some properties.

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Newish! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Kingdom Leader Ultra Magnus Action Figure was sold several times in a slightly different form - this one has unique Earth mode parts and changes to a few key components so he looks more like the old cartoon version. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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There's a lot of good stuff this week. The big guys are coming in 2022, but the ReAction Figures are due in the fall. Order yours now!

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In stores: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD.

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This game cartridge is set for release in March 2022. It's also a bit more expensive - it's about US$60 for a bare cartridge, $80 for a boxed copy, and shipping to the USA is another $20 making it one of the more expensive game cartridges for this era of Nintendo Entertainment System releases. There's also a limited edition version.

The playable characters were charmingly low-res with excellent backgrounds and snappy music. Also the logo and cinematic screens took a long time to sit through and couldn't be skipped.

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This figure is set for release in Fall 2022.

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It's like you remember, but smaller! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Kingdom Core Soundwave Action Figure is a lot like the 1984 original, down to an opening door with a slug tape inside. If you can't get Walmart's exclusive tape deck - and at this point, you probably can't - you may want this smaller substitute. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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The movie was slated for last year, then this fall, and then suddenly got moved to this week in the wake of other recent box office successes this year - albeit without the marketing campaign or the toy tie-in to inform people it's actually coming. Black Widow had toys out last year, but they basically ran through those with minimal support for the movie and what certainly felt like a lot less promotion for it. There are plenty of prognosticators out there for movies, so I'll just leave this out there to remind you that the movie is indeed due this week and it's unlikely you'll see the toys in person before the August toy aisle "holiday" reset. And that's assuming stores want to carry them given the movie will probably come and go quickly... but the figures do look pretty neat.

There are a lot of movie - some with toys produced - pushed for later this year, like The Eternals and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. These things have been bounced around so much that I can only say that I assume they will still be released. But I still haven't seen Black Widow so what do I know?

Anyway, there's no 3 3/4-inch movie line this time, and the film's toy line is going to be pretty small. There are some nice classic-inspired 6-inch figures for about ten bucks though, so keep your eyes open for those.

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There's no guarantee it will come to the United States. So far, the Heidi sets haven't made it here.

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Again! The Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy Red Alert Action Figure is a Walmart exclusive redeco of a figure from a few years ago - it's different! More or less. But if you have a Red Alert, either one is perfectly good. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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For those keeping track, Hasbro and Mezco are both doing 6-inch figures, Super7 is doing 7-inch figures (and also 3 3/4-inch figures), and Mego is doing 8-inch figures. Multiple firms are doing 12-inch figures. While a lot of companies made Mego-like figures of other, later action figures, this is the first time a Hasbro character was produced in the Mego-branded format.

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Sick Sad World with the Misery Chick, Loungefly made it all for you. Order yours now!

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In stores: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.

Nintendo Switch Online added some Super NES games: Bombuzal, Claymates, and Jelly Boy.

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Robots, heroes, cereal mascots, bad guys, good guys it's just a lot to take in. Order yours now!

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Sold out! The Onell Design Pheydenstein is a big bulky monster who has lived on my desk for about a year and a half. If it shows up on eBay, go ahead and buy it - you get a sack of parts with the bulked-up Pheyden redeco, so it's worth your while. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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Pre-orders kick off next month and, I assume, these may be in Walmart for the holidays. It's a real classic - they had these in a Barro's Pizza near me for quite a long time. Taking adults' favorite things and repackaging them as they age (and have more money) is nothing new - if your dad or maybe grampa go the Rhino Catalog in the 1990s, you have seen this play out with rock and roll records and jukeboxes before. Video games make a lot of sense for 1980s and 1990s kids, but it does sound like it will be harder and harder to guess what unique quasi-public fixture will be brought to a future man cave/rumpus room for adults 20 years from now.

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Still awesome and still affordable! The October Toys Outlandish Mini Figure Guys (OMFG) Series 3 Glow-in-the-Dark Minifigures were ten bucks in 2014, and are also generally ten bucks now. The five glowing figures are really awesome designs and glow incredibly well. Obviously, you must buy them. So read on, and come back tomorrow for more!

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There's a lot of good stuff this week. Pre-order yours now!

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In stores: Dariusburst: Another Chronicle Ex+, Samurai Warriors 5, and more.

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